red moscow

Chapter 2575

Today's trial was planned for Goering, but due to the German lawyer's outstanding tricks, the plan was disrupted and had to be changed to the trial of the German Navy and Army Chief of Staff, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel.

The hastily launched prosecution naturally lacked convincing evidence, and under the sophistry of German lawyers, the prosecution of Keitel had to be temporarily suspended due to insufficient evidence.

The trial, which was almost a joke, ended so hastily.

After the trial, Sokov followed the motorcade back to the hotel.

On the way, Sokov looked out the window bored.

He saw pedestrians on the street, American military police patrolling, or passing military vehicles, all waving and greeting enthusiastically. But when the Soviet convoy appeared in their sight, their expressions became cold, and some even cast hateful glances.

Seeing this, Sokov couldn't help but think of a movie made in Germany in 2015, "The Devil is Back" (also known as "XTL is Back"), which tells the story of a day in 2014 when the mustache came back. After he woke up in the ruins of the bunker, he found that the streets of Berlin were no longer familiar, his confidants were no longer around him, and the Reich Chancellery had disappeared without a trace. What confused him even more was that Poland still existed, and the current German Chancellor was actually a woman.

Because he looked too much like a mustache in the eyes of others, he was picked by a TV producer and was put on a talk show. Unexpectedly, the show became a hit the first time he appeared on it. Afterwards, the number of hits on the show surged on the Internet, and various interview invitations came in. In the storyline of the film, no one thought that this mustache was a real mustache, they just regarded him as an actor used to satirize mustache. Back to modern society, mustache unexpectedly became a star.

At the end of the film, the director was bold and innovative, shooting a real scene on the street, letting the actor who played the mustache wear the German military uniform during World War II and drive through the streets in an open car, in order to see how real pedestrians would react. Unexpectedly, when pedestrians saw the mustache played by the actor, most of them had surprised expressions on their faces, and many people waved to him in surprise, and some even saluted him. When the director saw this scene, he was also stunned.

Vaseligov noticed that Sokov had been silent since he got on the bus, and thought he was resting his eyes, so he turned around to look. Unexpectedly, he saw Sokov staring out the window in a daze. He hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively, "Comrade General, what are you looking at?"

“I’m looking at the buildings and people outside.”

"Comrade General," Vaserigov said, "Nuremberg was indeed a beautiful city before, but during the three-year strategic bombing, most German cities were reduced to ruins. I heard from others that it would take at least 20 years to clean up the ruins, let alone rebuild a new city."

Sokov glanced at Vaserigov and thought to himself, under normal circumstances, your statement is correct. To rebuild a country, and to pay huge war reparations, with Germany's strength, it would probably take 30 to 40 years to clear the ruins in the city. To restore to the pre-war level, it would probably take even longer.

But the emergence of the Marshall Plan greatly shortened the Germans' progress in clearing the ruins and rebuilding the city.

The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, was a plan by the United States to provide economic assistance and reconstruction assistance to Western European countries destroyed by the war after the end of World War II. It had a profound impact on the development of European countries and the world's political landscape. The plan was officially launched in July 1947 and lasted for four fiscal years. During this period, Western European countries received a total of US$7 billion in various forms of assistance from the United States, including finance, technology, and equipment, through their participation in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), of which 4% were grants and 131.5% were loans.

However, before the Marshall Plan was implemented, the United States had already invested a lot of money in the reconstruction of Europe. It is estimated that the United States invested $1945 billion in this area between 1947 and 90. Most of this aid came in indirect forms, including as a continuation of the Lend-Lease package or through the US military rebuilding local infrastructure and helping refugees.

In addition, as outposts of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union stationed a large number of troops in West Germany and East Germany, and Germany, as a defeated country, also had a large army. The operation and investment of the United States and the Soviet Union in this region not only reduced Germany's military expenditure, but also promoted the development of Germany's military industry. Some famous military enterprises developed rapidly during this period.

In addition, some local wars also indirectly promoted Germany's economic development. For example, during the Korean War and the Vietnam War, the United States imported a large amount of materials from West Germany. Although according to the treaty, the defeated country cannot eat strategic materials raw, but because this was the need of the old United States at the time, West Germany completely ignored this clause. They exported a large amount of materials such as lathe equipment, and then used the funds obtained to import the industrial raw materials needed by the country, so that Germany's economy developed rapidly during this period.

Coupled with Germany's strong industrial foundation, a large number of highly qualified people, and advanced science and technology, Germany quickly re-emerged. In 15, the 1960th year after the war, West Germany's per capita GDP reached $1300, and its total economic output increased threefold, which was basically the same as the total GDP of the United Kingdom.

The convoy returned to the hotel. After getting off the car, Sokov saw Sokolovsky with an angry face. He called several key people participating in the trial to his presence and was saying something.

"Misha," Adelina grabbed Sokov's sleeve and pulled it hard, asking in a panic, "Comrade Deputy Commander seems to be cursing someone. Will he call you over and curse you too?"

Sokov laughed. "How is that possible? You know, the deputy commander is angry about today's trial. I'm just a bystander. Even if he is angry, he can't get angry at me. Okay, let's go back to the room first."

After walking two steps, Sokov suddenly remembered something and stopped to ask Vaseligov: "Major, I remember that the Bayer father and son went to the countryside outside the city two days ago. Have they come back?"

"I'm not sure, Comrade General." Vasherigov said with some embarrassment: "I need to ask the soldiers who stayed behind to find out."

Sokov nodded and said to him, "I'm going back to my room first. If you have any news about the Bayer father and son, remember to inform me immediately."

After Sokov and Ajelina returned to the room, Ajelina asked curiously, "Misha, the Bayer father and son went to the countryside outside the city to look for Captain Hosenfeld's wife and children, right? I didn't expect that after so many days, you still didn't give up."

"Anyway, we have been staying in Nuremberg recently and there is nothing to do." Sokov said, "It just so happens that the Bayer father and son are unwilling to give up and want to try their luck in the countryside."

Ajelina was not optimistic about the behavior of the Bayer father and son: "I think there is no hope if we continue to search aimlessly like this. I'm afraid it won't be long before the Bayer father and son return to the hotel in disappointment."

The phone on the table rang. It was Vaseligov calling: "Comrade General, I have asked the soldiers who stayed behind, and they all said that they have not seen the Bayers return. Do you think we need to send someone to the countryside to look for them?"

"No need." Sokov thought about the inconvenience of communication in this era. He had no idea where the Bayer father and son were. Even if he sent more people to look for them, it would be difficult to find their traces. Therefore, he decisively rejected Vasherigov's proposal: "Just stay in the hotel with peace of mind. When it's time to come back, they will come back naturally."

Just as Sokov was about to start writing a book, the phone on the table suddenly rang.

He thought it was Vaseligov calling, so he picked up the receiver and asked impatiently, "Major, is there anything else?" But there was no sound in the receiver except the sound of electricity.

With his experience, Sokov immediately realized that the call was not from Vaseligov, but a long-distance call, so he asked tentatively: "Hello, this is Sokov, who are you?"

This time, a voice finally came from the receiver: "Misha, it's me, Yasha!"

"Oh, it's you, Yasha." Sokov was very surprised. Why did Yakov call him long distance? Did something happen in Moscow? "You called me. Did something happen in Moscow?"

When asking this question, Sokov did not notice that his voice was trembling. He knew that Yakov was the kind of person who would not visit him unless it was something important. He would not make a long-distance call to him unless it was something very important.

Yakov on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, then said, "Misha, this is what happened. Moscow Film Studio is planning to adapt your film, The Dawns Here Are Quiet, into a movie. I want to ask if you have any ideas."

Sokov was naturally very happy that his book could be adapted into a movie. He immediately replied without hesitation: "What ideas do I have? If they want to adapt it, then just adapt it."

"Don't you have any conditions?"

"No." After saying this, Sokov hesitated for a moment and added, "Can I give my opinion on the choice of the main character?"

"Yes, of course." Yakov said, "After we finish casting the actors, we will ask for your opinion. Only after you agree will we officially start filming." He paused for a moment and then continued, "Do you have any suitable candidates for the male and female protagonists?"

"The male lead must be Vaskov." Sokov asked curiously, "I wonder which female soldier the studio plans to let be the protagonist, Lida, Zhenya, Sonya or Lisa?" As for the other female soldier who died, Garka, Sokov did not even mention her, because he knew very well in his heart that a timid female soldier like Garka could never become the heroine.

"I plan to use the female soldier Lida as the heroine of this movie." Yakov said, "I have read your book carefully. Lida appears in a lot of chapters in the book, especially her story with her husband Oshanin, which is very attractive."

"Yes, that's right." Sokov nodded and said, "I also agree that Lida should be the heroine in the movie. Do you have a suitable actress to play this role?"

"Not yet." Yakov said: "Comrade Eisenstein asked me to ask you, do you have a suitable candidate in mind?"

"Yasha, you've got me stumped by this question." Sokov said with some embarrassment, "First of all, I didn't expect that my novel would be adapted into a movie in such a short time. Secondly, I'm not familiar with actresses in my country, so I don't really know who will play the role of Lida."

"What should we do then?" asked Yakov.

"Yasha, tell Comrade Eisenstein that he will be fully responsible for the casting." Although Sokov wanted to personally select the actors for the film, he was far away in Nuremberg and could not reach them. He could only leave the matter to Eisenstein: "I trust his choice."

"Okay, Misha, since you said so, I will convey your meaning to Comrade Eisenstein." Yakov paused for a moment after saying this, and then asked: "By the way, when can you return to Moscow? You know, Asia is going to give birth in more than three months. You don't want to be away from Asia when the child is born, right?"

"I want to go back, too." Sokov said helplessly, "But without orders from my superiors, I can't leave. But I will find a way to get back to Moscow before Asia gives birth."

"Well, Misha, I'll tell Asiya what you said."

After Sokov put down the phone, Ajelina beside him asked curiously: "Misha, I wonder what Yasha wants to talk to you about?"

"He told me that Moscow Film Studio was going to adapt my novel 'The Dawns Here Are Quiet' into a movie." Sokov explained with a smile: "Yasha called me specifically to tell me this."

"Great, this is really great." Adelina said excitedly, "I never thought that your book has been published for a short time and the Moscow Film Studio plans to adapt it into a movie. This shows that your book is really well written."

"Yes, yes," Sokov said with a smile, "I didn't expect that the novel would be adapted into a movie so soon."

"I seem to have heard that the heroine in this movie is Lida." Ajelina asked curiously, "I want to know which actress you plan to let play this role?"

Sokov was unfamiliar with actresses of this period in the Soviet Union and was worried about who should play the role of Lida. The first actress to play Lida, Irina Borisovna Shevchuk, might not have been born yet.

Hearing Ajelina's question, Sokov looked at her and asked, "Ajelina, do you have any suitable candidates to recommend?"

Ajelina frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "I think there is an actress who is more suitable to play Lida."

Sokov asked anxiously, "Who is it?"

Ajelina smiled faintly, then uttered a name: "Sherova!"